BadTrans virus running amok
Jonathan Hutchins
hutchins at opus1.com
Tue Dec 4 18:33:13 CST 2001
I just got hit through another list. If you haven't already,
1) Update your anti-virus software and clean up your machine.
2) Apply the Outlook E-mail Security Update (OESU) patch available at
http://office.microsoft.com/Downloads/2000/Out2ksec.aspx so it doesn't
happen again.
3) TURN OFF HTML/RTF MAIL! Go to Tools, Options, Send, and set "Mail
Sending Format" to "Plain Text". You should never send anything but plain
text to a mailing list.
Could I emphasise that last one again?
TURN OFF THE #@$ STUPID PROPIETARY MICROSOFT MESSAGE FORMATTING! Half the
bloody messages on this list are in RTF, and there's no excuse for that on a
LINUX list.
Hey, Admin, can you strip the stupid stuff back to plain text?
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